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How do you deal with a parent who’s constantly angry at you?

My dad has never physicaly abused me, but only because I know how to fight back, and I feel like I’m always protecting my mom and brother. I know some ppl are going to say that abuse can’t be mental, but you have no idea how scary and mean he can be. This has always gone on, but I always thought that’s just the way it is. Now I realise that I need to keep my brother and myself safe, the worst thing is, he acts so different around other people that no one would believe me if I tried to get help, I’m seriously starting to lose faith in God, who I’ve never questioned before, why wouldn’t he protect me? Does anyone know what I should do? I’m only fourteen so I can’t really stay away all the time. If anyone has been through this plz tell me what to do, these are suposed to be the best years of my life and I don’t want to let him ruin them, do you have any advice?

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 72 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (4 minutes after post)

Talk to him when he’s calm. Tell him that you’re worried about him, and that he’s making you scared to be in the same house with him. If the rest of your family feels the same way, have them do it with you. If you can convince him to get help for his anger, things will get better.

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whitelily offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (4 days, 15 hours after post)

Try to remember that it might not actually be you he is angry at. He needs to talk about his anger and find some help for it.

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Brooklyn, WI, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 week, 2 days after post)

I’d say that you need a 1 on 1 with your dad. He could be angry at something that you do not know about. Does he drink alot? That might be a cause of the problem.

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